Chris Quinn: Porkins … nuff said

Ah, of all the Star Wars characters that briefly touched our lives, Porkins is the one I am drawn most too.

Porkins, dear reliable Porkins, you will forever live on in my memory of what a fat guy in a Star Wars costume can really accomplish in life. You made it to the big leagues guy, you flew at the battle of Yavin.

He would later be seen as lieutenant Echkardt in Tim Burton’s wretched little Batman movie.